Manuscript containing specimens of Homer’s Iliad in Gaelic verse by Ewen MacLachlan.
Scope and Contents
Ewen MacLachlan hoped to publish a volume of the work if these met with approval. Includes title-page, preface and contents list.
The contents are as follows.
(i) Specimens of Gaelic Iliad. (Page 1.)
(ii) ‘Qui sublime meas orbe volubili’, 9 quatrains. Ossian’s Address to rising Sun. (Page 46.)
(iii) ‘De sinis, flavo radiate crine!’ 4 quatrains. Ossian’s Address to Setting Sun. (Bottom of page 47.)
(iv) ‘Jam noctis umbras somnifero dies’, 14 quatrains. ‘Dies Matutinus. Ex Auctoris Celtice … Anno 1805’. (Middle of page 48.)
Dates
- Creation: [1812, or before.]
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
27 Leaves ; Octavo.
Language of Materials
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic
Arrangement
iv + 50 pages.
Custodial History
Formerly Gaelic MS.CXXXVIII.
Ewen MacLachlan sent the manuscript to the Highland Society of Scotland on 12 December 1812.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Separated Materials
The covering note accompanying the manuscript is Ingliston MS A.i.3, number 14.
Bibliography
Physical Description
Card binding.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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